CRICKET.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1920, Page 3

CRICKET.

THE TEST MATCH. PLAY CRITICISED. . .. By Telsgrapb—Press Assn —Copyright. Sydney, Dec. 20. Tho Herald's expert says that Saturday's play showed good bowling aud bad batting. He attributes the success to the Australian bowling and the inability of the Englishmen to master Mailey, whose worth is not indicated by the analysis. Ho had the batsmen guessing all the time, making them uncomfortable at both ends. He sent down some gifts, but throughout did not falter in his lengfc or persistency. Despite good worn in the field It ivas not so Impressive as England's fielding. It needs an Australian bn-akdowi or a brilliant English recovery to avert the expected result.

The Telegraph states that as an exhibition of first-class cricket the play was lamentable rubbish. To the talk of super-bowling bad cricket is the answer. Only two men on the English side played cricket—Hobbs and Woolley. The former Is brilliant, enterprise, and well liked by Australians, but liked best' in the pavilion. He alone among tie Englishmen knew how to play Malley's googlies. SOUTH TARANAKI MATCHES. Manala defeated Rivals by 91 to 35. For Manala, the principal scorers were: "Mason" 24, Bairstow 27; and for Rivals, Osborne (1.1) and McGlrr (11), were the only ones to reach double figures. liivals, in their second essay, scored 93-XcUscn 43, Pogarty 24. I. or tho winners, Hughes took 5 wickets for U runs, and Barlstow 4 for 20. McGlrr was the most successful trumller for Rivals, s» 'u'ring 8 wickets for 32 run».

Eltham accounted for Excelsior by 57 to 46. Eltham: Fearnn 1!>, Marsh ill": Excelsior: Beechey 13. Fairweather 1(1. Beecl-ey took 4 wickets for 14 runs, and Atkin, 4 for

At Kaponga, the visiting Midlands were decisively beaten by the local men, scoring -9 and 68 to their opponents' SI and :>il for one wicket. Kaponga secures a three point win. For Kaponga Malone (21 not cut) Thomas (32). and Avery (IT) played well' while in the second innings, Nichol pliveii a merry Innings of 33, when he was r„i, on' For Kaponga, Priest took 6 wickets for 11 runs, and 3 for 17; and for Midland, Macliin gained 4 for 17, and Worrall, 4 for IS

Patea defeated Waverley.—Waverley: Firsl innings, 52; second innings, 57 for 8 wickets (declared closed). Patea: First lmiin»s 44'. second innings, 75 for 0 wickets. A feature of tho match was tie excellent bowli'i'iof Cunningham for Patea in the second mnl'igs, his record being 5 wickets for >1 n.'is Mcllonagh, in the first innings, took 7 wi.-k-ts for 25 runs. For the losers, liovd . ip-und seren wickets for 25, Turner taking 3 f„ r